Review GLI USA ROUNDTABLE
ABOVE AND BEYOND Gaming Laboratories International’s 12th North
American Roundtable drew 315 regulators from across 46 jurisdictions in the USA
Emerging technologies and evolving regulation took center stage as Gaming Laboratories International (GLI), the world’s leading technical consulting and independent certification laboratory, welcomed 315 regulators from 46 jurisdictions to its 12th annual North American Roundtable.
The Roundtable, produced through GLI’s world-renowned training program GLI University, was held February 27 and 28 at the Flamingo Las Vegas and included a mix of general session panel discussions, hands-on learning modules and a keynote address by Bally Technologies President and CEO Ramesh Srinivasan.
GLI secured leading global experts from across the gaming industry to speak to regulators on a variety of today’s most important topics, bringing regulators many different vantage points, and providing a one-of-a-kind forum for networking and knowledge-sharing.
GLI President and CEO James Maida said, “Sometimes people ask me why GLI goes to the time and expense to produce the Roundtable each year in three areas around the globe. And my answer to that question can be summarised by a
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(Top) GLI President and CEO JAMES
MAIDA and Bally Technologies
President and CEO RAMESH
SRINIVASAN who presented the
keynote speech at the GLI North American
Roundtable.
comment I received from a regulator during the Roundtable. He said to me, ‘GLI always goes above and beyond for the regulators we serve.’ And that is it in a nutshell. It’s not enough for us to just do our jobs. We as a company set ourselves apart by going above and beyond for our clients. That’s who we are as GLI.”
The Roundtable opened with Srinivasan’s keynote address, wherein he talked about the benefits of new technologies and the need for standards in regulation. After Srinivasan, GLI President James Maida and Director of Technical Compliance Patrick Moore presented “Hot Topics: 10 Things You MUST Pay Attention to in 2013.”
The session was followed by GLI’s General Counsel & Senior Director Government Relations Kevin Mullally moderating a panel on social gaming asking the questions does social gaming need to be regulated and can it be? Panelists were Gaming Network Solutions CEO John Cramp; Cherokee Nation Director Gaming Commission Jamie Hummingbird; Mitch Kamin, Principal at Bird/Marella; and Illinois Gaming Board Executive Director Mark Ostrowski.
Next was a discussion on what regulators must do to ensure compliance, data security and player protection as casinos shift from bricks-to-clicks. Panelists
GLI ALWAYS GOES ABOVE AND
BEYOND FOR THE REGULATORS WE SERVE. IT’S NOT
ENOUGH FOR US TO JUST DO OUR JOBS. WE SET OURSELVES APART BY GOING ABOVE AND
BEYOND FOR OUR CLIENTS.
included Kurt Freelund, COO & General Counsel, Georgia Lottery; Katie Lever, General Counsel & Executive Vice President, SHFL Entertainment, Inc.; the Honorable Leslie Lohse, Vice Chairman of California Business Alliance & Treasurer of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians; and Paul Williams, Chief Technology Officer, Cantor Gaming.
Sports betting and wagering regulatory best practices were the topics of discussion in a panel led by GLI Senior Director Engineering & Client Development Ian Hughes with Michael Ellen, Director Licensing and Strategy, AGCC; John Tarr, Director of Security, Montana Lottery; and Paul Williams, Chief Technology Officer, Cantor Gaming joining as panelists.
Next, GLI Canada CEO Salim Adatia led a
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